ASHTHECAT Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Boy!> It's really picky as to what it will let you use> as an avatar.> > The pic really has to be small and square.> Rectangular shaped pics, be they horizontal or> vertical can't be used.> > I must've tried at least 5-10 pics and only one of> them worked...the one you see above.> > Can the 30 KB size limit be increased?

I set it to 100 by 100 pixels. Anything that size or smaller will work. You can usually see how many pixels a image is by right clicking on it and going to properties. There are a couple of avatar sites out there and most conform to 100 by 100. If you get much larger you start screwing with the page layout.

The 30 KB size limit (the other limit I put on them) can be changed, but I think that should be good. Some people are still on dial-up and large avatars can start seriously slowing down their viewing.

Quite frankly 100x100 and 30kb is being very generous as a lot of boards won't allow above a 10kb image. I like the 100x100, but my avatar is only 5.2kb; helps to conserve bandwidth. I have been on some boards where members linked to avatars off site, and used animated gifs (as much as 600kb in size). Being on dial-up, I stopped frequenting those boards due to it being too difficult to access them.